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Brow Lift (Forehead Lift) Cost & Profile
- Avg. Cost: $2797
- Candidate: Sagging, low eyebrows, forehead creases, frown lines
- Length: 1-2 hours
- Treatments: One
- Results: Long-lasting
- Back to work: Within 10 days
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What to Expect with a Forehead Lift
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If you have wrinkles or sagging skin around the forehead, Botox may not be enough to help you achieve a more youthful look. The forehead lift procedure is an innovative surgical procedure that helps to lift up the skin between the brows and the top of the head, taking away years of wrinkles and environmental effects that are causing the deep creases on the forehead.
The procedure is also known as an endobrow lift, temporal lift and open brow lift, and can be performed in just a few hours. Many people undergo this procedure in conjunction with nose reshaping surgery, facial skin tightening procedures, or dermal filler treatments to fill out hollowed cheeks. Here’s what to expect if you undergo a forehead lift:
How the Forehead Lift is Performed
The forehead lift involves removing and sculpting facial tissues and muscles right above the brow bone, and suturing the skin and tissues in place so that wrinkles disappear. The Forehead lift can be performed using an endoscopic technique, or with a continuous incision that is made at the top of the ears and wraps around the hair line. The technique the surgeon decides to use largely depends on where the hairline is located, and if the hair can reasonably cover up the scar and incisions.
If it cannot, the endoscopic technique will be used; this process involves making only a few small incisions in the scalp, and then inserting a small camera and device that can manipulate the skin tissues. This process also involves inserting small titanium anchors into the skin, which effectively tighten and strengthen the skin tissues over time.
When the surgery is complete the surgeon will wrap the head in gauze and bandages; this reduces bleeding, and also secures the tissues in place.
Major Effects of the Forehead Lift
Both the conventional technique and the endoscopic technique can provide natural-looking results, and neither one involves an extensive amount of recovery time. The incisions made are fairly small, and recovery and healing only takes a few weeks. Since the hair will cover up most of the surgeon’s work, very few people can tell that surgery has been performed.
Some of the effects of surgery include:
- Swelling of the tissues, especially around the cheeks and eyes
- Bruising of the tissues (minimal)
- Pain around the head, or migraine headaches
Most people can recover easily with the help of painkillers, and must keep the head elevated for several days after the procedure to reduce swelling. If there is extensive swelling or bruising, ice packs can be used to reduce inflammation. Patients are not advised to operate heavy machinery or drive a vehicle after the surgery.
The bandages may be removed a few days, or up to a week after the surgery. At this time, the tissues will have re-integrated and the incisions will have started to heal. Once the bandages are removed, some tingling or numbness can be expected.
Learn more about facial cosmetic surgery procedures in our information guide, or consult with a facial plastic surgeon in your area to find out if the forehead lift procedure is right for you.
Published: 05/22/2009, Last Updated: 05/22/2009
By LocateADoc.com Medical Staff Writers
Our writers strive to present an objective, upfront and open view of the medical procedures you're interested in. We present you with both the good and bad, and work to represent both doctors' and patients' points of view. Our articles contain facts and statistics obtained from medical associations, medical and surgical journals, and through doctor and patient interviews.
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